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Written and recorded in October 2012

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I don’t know how to fix myself so I work like you want me to work
I try to keep you at the top of my mind, but my mind has no top
I bottom out again.

What can I do for you love, that I can help?
I would die for you love, but that wouldn’t help
I can’t believe it would be any easier for you
If I took all my problems and just stayed away from you

So we’re stuck for the long haul, and all I want is an easy ride
I’m sorry I don’t always say the right thing or do
What you want me to do

I’ll be here, I’ll be here for you, love, if I can help
Don’t think I can change completely, but I don’t think that would help
I can’t believe it would be any easier for you
If I changed my focus and put it all on you

But I don’t take you for granted
I don’t know what that means
It’s just something you’ve invented
And it’s the last thing that we need

I don’t know if I can fix myself so I work like you want me to work
I can make little gestures, but my face, will give away that it’s me
What can I do for you, love, this moment, this minute right now?
It’s only the moments I’m off my guard that seem to matter
I know a lifetime of moments is harder
Than a man of less than steady hands can give
But I’ll give you this one, and the next
And maybe you can adjust your expectations

Because I don’t take you for granted
I don’t know what that means
It’s just something you’ve invented
And we’re bursting at the seams

Please please give me some credit
Even if it’s more than I deserve
I’m dished in for the long haul
And it’s all that I can serve
Give me seven more chances
Give me 60 more years
To prove I’m into your dances
And to show that I can hear you

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from The Cheese Stands Alone, released December 12, 2015
Written and performed by Mark Linsenmayer

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Mark Lint Madison, Wisconsin

Catchy, homespun tunes ranging in style from power pop to folk ballads to alt country, laced with a sense of the absurd.

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